It’s going to be a must-win situation for Bangalore now, says RCB spinner http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Murali-Kartik-c78034 – Cricket News Update
Despite losing last night’s match to the defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders here n Ranchi on Sunday, Royal Challengers Bangalore still find themselves among the top 4. However, they still have a huge task ahead and need to win all of their remaining
fixtures to be safe.
RCB’s spin bowling spearhead Murali Kartik said after the match that things have indeed not gone well for them thus far in the tournament, adding that from now it is going to be a must-win situation for them.
"Every game is tricky, especially with how the table has panned out and we haven't made it easy for ourselves. It's going to be a must-win situation for us now. And since no one is doing us any favours, we need to take care of ourselves," said the 36-year-old
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Tamil-Nadu-c853 left-arm spinner at the post match press conference.
"We have lost a few games we shouldn't have. But we are still in a good position and that's the positive out of all this. We are still among the top four and hopefully we will get a couple of wins at home - fingers crossed," hoped Kartik.
Kings Khan’s Knight Riders, on Sunday defeated in-form Royal Challengers Bangalore by 5 wickets to keep their chances of making it to the 2013 IPL play-offs alive. The title holders secured the victory courtesy an impressive all-round show from South African
import http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JH-Kallis-c1692, who first bowled well (2 for 17) to help his side restrict the star-studded RCB line-up to just 115 for 9, and then top scored with 41 runs.
The veteran Proteas all-rounder, while speaking at the post match presentation ceremony, admitted that it was a tough wicket to bat on, adding that they still have an outside chance to reach the 2013 IPL play offs.
“Of course we need some results to go our way and we need to win our games with good run rates. But we can only control what we can control and that's winning the next two games,” said the 37-year-old Cape Province top-order batsman, who also bowls right-arm
medium pace.
“We probably haven't played that badly. We made one or two mistakes and lost a couple of matches because of that. It unfortunately hasn't gone our way this season. We need to win and hope and pray that a couple of other results help us,” added the South
African.
The Knight Riders will next play Pune http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Warriors-c861 at the same Ranchi ground on Wednesday, May 15, 2013.
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